Analysis of Home Office data shows 13,172 fires in non-residential buildings in England in 2024/25. Industrial premises had the most workplace fires (1,656), followed by food and drink and retail. Hospitals and medical care premises had 433. Electrical distribution faults were the largest identified cause.
What it means for youIndustrial sites, hospitals and plant rooms carry the heaviest machinery fire risk. Suppression inside the equipment stops a fault becoming a building fire.
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